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Yes, burning fat really is that simple. A lot of this gets muddied from other factors, such as how various diets affect body composition, water retention, and a
by Darmani 17y ago
Yes, burning fat really is that simple. A lot of this gets muddied from other factors, such as how various diets affect body composition, water retention, and appetite (supposedly much of the success of low carb diets comes from increased protein intake, which reduces hunger), and weight is hardly the only aspect of health, but the basic energy in minus energy out equation is true for humans.
See http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/is-a-calorie-a-calorie.html http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/is-a-calorie-a-cal...
- ericb 17y agoYeah, the oversimplification sounds great, except it is a homeostatic mechanism, people extract and expend calories at different rates, and appetite responds differently to different foods. Energy in vs. energy out matters less if certain types of food aren't sating hunger effectively. First you say it "is that simple" then go on to say "except for..." and list exclusions. Whenever I feel unsympathetic, I imagine trying to "breath less" for several years.
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- latortuga 17y agoIt is only that simple if you assume that all macronutrients are metabolized in exactly the same way which is not the case (example: fat does not stimulate insulin secretion, carbohydrates [for the most part] do, insulin is the primary regulator of fat storage). Treating the human body like a black box like that is vastly oversimplifying the biochemistry of the digestive process to our detriment.